Table 2 Prevalence of toxin genes among Staphylococcus aureus isolates causing bloodstream infections from 2013 to 2018.
Toxin genes | Positive rate (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Total (n = 120) n (%) | MSSA (n = 67) n (%) | MRSA (n = 53) n (%) | P value | |
lukS/F-PV | 1 (0.8) | 0 | 1 (1.9) | 0.4417 |
tst | 32 (26.7) | 3 (4.5) | 29 (54.7) | <0.0001 |
eta | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.5) | 0 | 1.0000 |
etb | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
sea | 18 (15.0) | 7 (10.4) | 11 (20.8) | 0.1164 |
seb | 5 (4.2) | 1 (1.5) | 4 (7.5) | 0.2345 |
sec | 33 (27.5) | 4 (6.0) | 29 (54.7) | <0.0001 |
sed | 8 (6.7) | 8 (11.9) | 0 | 0.0254 |
see | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
seg | 60 (50) | 22 (32.8) | 38 (71.7) | <0.0001 |
seh | 55 (45.8) | 26 (38.8) | 29 (54.7) | 0.0824 |
sei | 57 (47.5) | 20 (29.9) | 37 (69.8) | <0.0001 |
sej | 4 (3.3) | 4 (6.0) | 0 | 0.1946 |
